WCU hosts world wars round table in Asheville

10:21 PM,
Oct. 6, 2013

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A former U.S. Marine Corps colonel who retired to Asheville and became a military historian will be the featured speaker as the Carolina Round Table on the World Wars meets at 6 p.m. Wednesday at Western Carolina University's instructional site at Biltmore Park Town Square in Asheville.

Joseph Alexander will deliver a presentation titled "70th Anniversary of the Battle of Tarawa (Nov. 20-23, 1943)" in Room 346 at the WCU facility at 28 Schenck Parkway.

Alexander retired from the Marines with 28 years of active service, including two combat tours of Vietnam and global amphibious landing ...